transitioning.org Archives - 21 February 2012, Tuesday

Dear Friends, I just created a petition: Support Singaporeans First, because I care deeply about this very important issue. I'm trying to collect 5000 signatures, and I could really use your help. To read more about what I'm trying to do and to sign my petition, click here: http://www...

The situation has evolved to the point the government and employers/job agencies discriminated against all Singaporeans and adopting a pro-foreigner stance, especially China. I can’t understand why they need to concern themselves, and in the process, us with the founding of the Republ...

I just want to make a couple of observations about what Mr. Chua has written. Firstly, he graduated with a business degree. I don’t want to give the impression that I’m looking down on business degrees and their equivalents but these are not widely considered to be all that rigorous, ...

Hi all…I am Singaporean, facing the same issue, I have no issue competing technically with anyone on a fair basis,foreign or local ..but let me tell u what exactly is happening…out of 15 Engineers ,about 12 are Philipinos, some with absolutely no experience in a similar tech environme...

Near Extint True Blue Singaporean says: November 29, 2011 at 6:29 pm It is an irony that I felt less foreign in Shanghai than in my own homeland I recently returned to after being away for 5 years! I detest now going out in the public. I just hate the foreign crowd and their ill socia...

These lines sounds almost patronizing, and makes it seem like malays are racially or genetically predisposed to do worse educationally, and simply cannot do well educationally even if socio-economic disadvantages were removed. You have to consider that many malays actually do do well ...

Gracious? Does PAP have that kind of quality? If calling Singaporeans “Daft, grumbler and without spur” after giving PAP all the GDP they needed to retire graciously with huge bonuses, the word gracious were long tossed out of their window. To add insult to injury comes immediately “r...

Singapore has also turns itself into a divisive nation embalmed by an elite scholarly team helming the governance – there is a stratified system of scholars vz non scholars in the educational system, private sector vz civil service, well paid expat foreign talents vz cheap exploited f...

Even the work environment is so different. When we finish our job, the MD of our counterpart came over and thank us and brought us out for dinner with the whole team of Canadians who worked with us. You can feel they value your service. Honestly I don’t feel this in Singapore. My comp...

50 doesn’t feel like 50. It doesn’t feel like the age you imagined when you are in your 20’s or 30’s. For the most part, it feels the way you feel right now. But smarter and more confident. You also have more time and resources to enjoy life. So don’t fear it. Look forward to it. Expe...

Feeling lost, depressed and desperate while jobless? Email [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] if you need to access our free volunteer career coaching or counselling services. Do also sign the online petition Employ Singaporeans First if you ha...

Run away to Malaysia? Philip is not a citizen of Malaysia. Even if, for argument’s sake, he has permanent resident status there, he remains a citizen of Singapore. If eh needs to travel, he can only travel on a Singapore passport so if he absconds from his NS obligations, he can prett...

Dear Gilbert, I am writing to request for your help to recommend a career counsellor whom I can get career advice. I have graduated with a First Class Honours degree from a local university three years ago. I first joined a market research agency as I thought it was my passion. In the...

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Your 30’s, 40’s and 50’s won’t feel like your 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. – Adults are just older children. When you get older you won’t feel as old as you imagine you will. For the most part, you still feel exactly the way you feel right now, just a little wiser and more confident. You’ve h...

The government has vounched to reduce their salaries in a ministerial pay review promised by the Prime Minister after the recent General Election but so far there isn’t any news yet and in the mean time, the ministers continue drawing their fat pay cheques. The government is also relu...

People all over the world have the same basic wants and needs. It doesn’t matter where we come from, what we look like, how we talk, or what we believe. Deep down the essence of who we are as human beings is the same. This is all that matters. The outside differences are there to lear...

Actually, our transport system is already quite efficient compared to other countries. My main grouse is that trains and buses are getting more & more crowded esp during peak hours, with the influx of foreigners. I used to take buses to school, sometimes getting caught in traffic jams...

I agree. Increasing the number of university places for locals is not going to help. There is already a huge gap between what our education provides and what our industry needs thanks to our govt’s “cut and paste” approach in developing our industry. They are just interested in bringi...

This so-called elected MP quibbled about her mistake for not declaring her friend, Denise He, as ‘moderator’ for her Facebook account in her election forms. Subsequent to the announcement of Police’s investigation which established that Denise He did post that comment on Tin Pei Ling’...

However, readers who belong in this category can find solace in my situation as I have moved out of this tag and are very much a better person after that awful period. I have learned to be more flexible than before and very opportunistic. It is as if my honing radar is very switched o...

Gilbert, it’s quite sad but true. Many of my peers among the locals in Singapore said that they find it hard to date Singaporean women because they find them not only ‘picky’, but difficult to please with the materialistic values at play here. It gets harder too when you are effective...

Feeling lost, depressed and desperate while jobless? Email [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] if you need to access our free volunteer career coaching or counselling services. Do also sign the online petition Employ Singaporeans First if you ha...

Feeling lost, depressed and desperate while jobless? Email [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] if you need to access our free volunteer career coaching or counselling services. Do also sign the online petition Employ Singaporeans First if you ha...

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Everyone has this little watchdog inside their head. It’s always there watching you. It was born and raised by your family, friends, coworkers, bosses and society at large, and its sole purpose is to watch you and make sure you stay in line. And once you become accustomed to the watch...

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I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so pooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get s...

@ lim Actually when applying to jobs overseas, you have to remember that they actually often do require “local experience” especially in the case of western countries. Many times, unless you were a former graduate from one of their universities and stayed on to look for a job, or have...

Feeling lost, depressed and desperate while jobless? Email [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] if you need to access our free volunteer career coaching or counselling services. Do also sign the online petition Employ Singaporeans First if you ha...

registered in Singapore belonged to foreigners. This is a worrying sign and it shows how our government falls short of trying to use meritocracy as a way of limiting our home-grown local talents from studying medicine here. Each year, less than 300 Singaporeans are admitted to our Sin...